Two killed as NATO tankers, containers blown up

PESHAWAR (AFP) - Militants Thursday blew up four oil tankers and three containers carrying fuel and other supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing two people, officials said. The incidents took place in the Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border, top local administration official Shafeerullah Khan told AFP. A bomb planted underneath an oil tanker exploded while it was on the move in a market in Landi Kotal town of Khyber turning the vehicle into a ball of flame, which also engulfed four nearby vehicles and killed two people, Khan said. Khan said militants also blew up three oil tankers and four containers carrying fuel and other supplies for NATO troops. These vehicles were parked in Torkhum town at the time of attack, he added. Local intelligence officials in Khyber also confirmed the attacks and casualties. NATO supplies also travel through Balochistan.